Karnataka Panchayat Election Results 2020: BJP’s Yediyurappa and Congress’ Siddaramaiah declare victory; relying on, says SEC – Politics News , ResideNews360

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A day after each the ruling BJP and Opposition Congress claimed victory within the Karnataka gram panchayat elections, the BJP-backed candidates have reportedly managed an higher hand profitable 29,478 seats as in comparison with Congress-supported candidates who gained 24,560 seats.

The JD(S)-backed candidates gained in 15, 825 seats whereas Independents and people supported by different events gained in 9,753 seats, a number of media studies stated.

The Karnataka State Election Commission nevertheless has not made any official announcement.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday claimed 60 % of candidates backed by the saffron celebration have gained elections, in keeping with the report in The Times of India.  BJP chief KS Eshwarappa, additionally talking to the newspaper, claimed, “We’ve won more seats than Congress, JD(S) and Independents have collectively won.”

The Karnataka SEC Thursday chided political events for claiming victories for candidates supported by them, saying outcomes have been delayed on account of voting being held through paper ballots, the report added.

Yediyurappa, earlier talking at a press convention, said that in keeping with his info, of 5,728 gram panchayats, BJP-backed candidates have gained a majority in round 3,800, PTI reported.

He additional asserted that he would stay within the put up for the remaining over two 12 months interval and full the time period, and there was no confusion relating to this throughout the ruling BJP.

Yediyurappa stated he gave credit score to collective management, all of the whereas acknowledging efforts of district in-charge ministers, MLAs, and celebration staff.

But former Karnataka chief minister and Congress chief Siddaramaiah claimed that as per his info, Congress candidates have gained the utmost variety of seats. “We are number one, not BJP, as candidates supported by us have won at majority places I’m told. They (BJP) did not have candidates at many places…” he informed PTI.

Siddaramaiah informed Financial Express that as per studies, Congress-backed candidates are profitable and that rural India is annoyed by the insurance policies applied by the BJP.

“Farmers are against anti-farmer laws and they found Gram Panchayat elections as the perfect opportunity to teach BJP a lesson,” he informed the newspaper.

Responding to Yediyurappa’s assertion that he would full his time period as chief minister, Siddaramaiah stated: “Yediyurappa is daydreaming, even if Assembly elections are held tomorrow, Congress will win, get a majority and come back to power.”

The elections had been carried out to 82,616 seats in 5,728 village panchayats in two phases on 22 and 27 December utilizing poll papers with a voter turnout of 78.58 %, and counting was taken up on Wednesday morning.

A complete of two,22,814 candidates contested the election, whereas 8,074 had been elected unopposed. Though these polls are usually not held on celebration symbols, all political events have put in efforts to make sure that the candidate supported by them wins, in order to have their maintain on grass-root degree politics.

With inputs from PTI